Self Organizing Mechanisms As Models For Scientific Theories

Self Organizing Mechanisms as Models for Scientific Theories

The document is presented in two parts: Part 1: The current state of theoretical physics makes it urgently desirable to develop a theory which is initially non-metrical for the discussion of problems that arise on the very large and on the very small scale, and from which metrical physics can be deduced as a special case. Part 2: It is shown that the idea of control is inherently capable of providing a calculus into which basic physical concepts can be incorporated which has the required initially non-metrical properties. The physical ideas that replace the cartesian assumption are derived from the properties of a self-organizing mechanism, and this application of the principles of self-organizing mechanisms suggests others in more general fields.

Self Organizing Mechanisms as Models for Scientific Theories

Open ended Terms: Mechanical models. The current state of theoretical physics makes it urgently desirable to develop a theory which is initially non-metrical for the discussion of problems that arise on the very large and on the very small scale, and from which metrical physics can be deduced as a special case. It is shown that the idea of control is inherently capable of providing a calculus into which basic physical concepts can be incorporated which has the required initially non-metrical properties. The physical ideas that replace the cartesian assumption are derived from the properties of a selforganizing mechanism, and this application of the principles of self-organizing mechanisms suggests others in more general fields. (Author).

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